University of Nevada Athletics

2024 Battle at the Boundary Medalist (T-1st)

NEVADA CAREER
JUNIOR (2024-25): Enjoyed a breakout junior season as Nevada’s top performer, leading the team with a 72.9 adjusted scoring average over 29 rounds, with a season low 67 (-5)... Notched two top-10's along with one top-5 during the season... Kano notched multiple high finishes against strong competition, including a 4th-place finish at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Hawai'i (shooting 6-under for the tournament)... She also placed 10th at the Juli Inkster Invitational at Meadow Club and 11th at the Molly Collegiate Invitational, consistently finishing near the top of leaderboards... A highlight of her fall was a blistering 5-under 67 in the opening round of the Ptarmigan Ram Classic... In the spring, Kano continued to shine: she tied for 8th at the Mountain West Championship, shooting 74-74-72 and helping the Pack claim a podium finish as a team... For her superb season which included three top-10 finishes and steady play in every event, Kano was named to the All-Mountain West Second Team, capping off a campaign in which she consistently led the Wolf Pack and earned a national ranking of No. 291... Her leadership and low scores were instrumental in Nevada’s success, and she proved to be one of the conference’s most dependable golfers. Kano also competed at the 2025 Women's U.S Open. 

SOPHOMORE (2023-24) – Competed in all 10 events throughout the season for Nevada … Posted a season scoring average of 73.55 … Earned seven top-20 finishes throughout the year, including four top-10 finishes … Commenced the season by finishing tied for 54th at the Lady Paladin Invitational … In her second event of the year, earned a top-10 finish, coming in tied for eighth place at the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational, helping the Pack earn a runner-up finish. Fired off rounds of 71-70-75=216 (E) to secure the top-10 finish at the event … Followed up her stellar performance at the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational with another impressive outing at the Golf Iconic Classic, finishing tied for 17th after carding a 54-hole score of 215 (69-71-75) to help Nevada secure a third-place finish in the 17-team field … Closed out the fall portion of the season with a T-20 finish at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational after putting together a score of 218 (+2) … Opened up the spring portion of the season with her first individual title, as she finished tied for first overall at the Battle at the Boundary with a score of 146 (74-72) … Had another exceptional outing in the Pack’s next event, as she finished tied for fourth to earn her second consecutive top-five finish. Carded rounds of 72-74-73=219 (+3) at the event to earn the top-five finish … Finished tied for 19th in a field of 116 golfers at the Fresno State Classic after posting scores of 74-76-70=220 (+4) … Closed out the regular season with another top-10 finish, as she completed the Wyoming Cowgirl Classic tied for ninth on the final individual leaderboard with a 54-hole score of 216 (E). Kano matched the best single round score of her career in the opening round of the event, carding a 68 (-4) across the first set of 18 holes … After an opening round 79 (+7) at the Mountain West Championships, proceeded to card rounds of 72-70 to conclude the conference tournament tied for 20th overall at +5. 
FRESHMAN (2022-23) -- Competed in all 10 events for the Pack throughout her freshman season … Opened her career with a T-11 finish at the Coeur d'Alene Collegiate Invitational, shooting rounds of 73-70-71=214 to come in at +1 (Sept. 18-20) ... Closed the Colonel Wollenberg Ptarmigan Ram Classic with a four-under 68 to climb to a T-22 finish overall (Sept. 26-27) ... Posted her first-career top-10 finish, coming in eighth at The Clash at Boulder Creek at -3 (75-70-68=213) with two under-par rounds (Oct. 23-25) … Opened the spring season with a T21 finish at The Show at Spanish Trail, finishing three shots over par (72-72-75 = 219) … Had a strong performance at the 2023 Mountain West Championships, finishing tied for 27th at +8 (76-75-73 = 224) … Completed the season with a stroke average of 74.72, the second lowest average for a freshman in program history. 

HIGH SCHOOL -- Graduated from Troy High School and hails from Fullerton, California... In 2021, Kano has competed in one Future Champions Golf Tour event in the Las Vegas Championship at Primm Valley – Desert, and finished fifth with 325.00 points.... Competed in both the PGA Junior Tour and Future Champions Golf Tour over the course of the last three years... Earned a 17 ranking amongst the FCG tour and posted three wins over her amateur career... Posted seven first-place finishes in the PGA Junior Tour, six second-place finishes, and five third-place finishes.

Named 2018 PGA Southern California Junior Tour Player of the Year... During that season posted one first, second, and third-place finish during the Players Tour for girls ages 12 to 14, earning 391.0 points...  Named 2020 Player of the Year.

In the spring of 2020 on the SoCal PGA Junior Tour, finished ninth with 53.33 points in the 6th Annual SoCal Junior Am at Morongo Golf Course at Tukwet-C.

On the FCG tour, earned first place at the KBS Tour 1-Day Series Singing Hills on Feb. 9, 2020; 10^th at the National Tour Spring Challenge on May 16-17; and 1^st at the National Tour LA Valley Junior.

Statistics/Records
Career Bests
Career Low Round: 67 (-5), Colonel Wollenberg Ptarmigan Ram Classic (2024-25)
Career Low Tournament Score (to par): -3, 2022 The Clash at Boulder Creek
Career Best Tournament Finish: T-1st, 2024 Battle at the Boundary